TY  - GEN
T1  - The internet is not what you think it is : a history, a philosophy, a warning
A1  - Smith, Justin E. H.
LA  - English
PP  - Princeton, NJ
PB  - Princeton University Press
YR  - 2022
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_on1302162502
AB  - "An original deep history of the internet that tells the story of the centuries-old utopian dreams behind it--and explains why they have died today. Many think of the internet as an unprecedented and overwhelmingly positive achievement of modern human technology. But is it? In The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is, Justin Smith offers an original deep history of the internet, from the ancient to the modern world--uncovering its surprising origins in nature and centuries-old dreams of radically improving human life by outsourcing thinking to machines and communicating across vast distances. Yet, despite the internet's continuing potential, Smith argues, the utopian hopes behind it have finally died today, killed by the harsh realities of social media, the global information economy, and the attention-destroying nature of networked technology. Ranging over centuries of the history and philosophy of science and technology, Smith shows how the 'internet' has been with us much longer than we usually think. He draws fascinating connections between internet user experience, artificial intelligence, the invention of the printing press, communication between trees, and the origins of computing in the machine-driven looms of the silk industry. At the same time, he reveals how the internet's organic structure and development root it in the natural world in unexpected ways that challenge efforts to draw an easy line between technology and nature. Combining the sweep of intellectual history with the incisiveness of philosophy, The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is cuts through our daily digital lives to give a clear-sighted picture of what the internet is, where it came from, and where it might be taking us in the coming decades." --
OP  - 194
CN  - ZA4201 .S65 2022eb
SN  - 9780691229683
SN  - 0691229686
SN  - 9780691212326
SN  - 0691212325
KW  - Internet : History.
KW  - Artificial intelligence : History.
KW  - Technology : Social aspects.
KW  - Technology and civilization.
KW  - Internet.
KW  - Internet : Histoire.
KW  - Intelligence artificielle : Histoire.
KW  - Technologie et civilisation.
KW  - Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
KW  - Artificial intelligence
KW  - Internet
KW  - Technology and civilization
KW  - Technology : Social aspects
KW  - Abstraction.
KW  - Analogy.
KW  - Analytical Engine.
KW  - Anthropomorphism.
KW  - Antithesis.
KW  - Artificial general intelligence.
KW  - Artificial intelligence.
KW  - Artificial language.
KW  - Artificial life.
KW  - Artificial stupidity.
KW  - Artificiality.
KW  - Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
KW  - Automaton.
KW  - Binary code.
KW  - Bullying.
KW  - Caricature.
KW  - Causality.
KW  - Columnist.
KW  - Computer science.
KW  - Computer virus.
KW  - Computer.
KW  - Computing.
KW  - Consciousness.
KW  - Conspiracy theory.
KW  - Controversy.
KW  - Copyright.
KW  - Counterfeit.
KW  - Criticism.
KW  - Curtailment.
KW  - Cyberculture.
KW  - Cybernetics.
KW  - Declamation.
KW  - Detriment (astrology).
KW  - Dichotomy.
KW  - Disputation.
KW  - Distraction.
KW  - Doubt.
KW  - Dystopia.
KW  - Evocation.
KW  - Explanation.
KW  - External storage.
KW  - Fantasy literature.
KW  - Fungus.
KW  - Heresy.
KW  - Hypothesis.
KW  - Imposition.
KW  - Indictment.
KW  - Information overload.
KW  - Information revolution.
KW  - Instance (computer science).
KW  - Intellectual property.
KW  - Internet troll.
KW  - Irony.
KW  - Lie.
KW  - LinkedIn.
KW  - Materialism.
KW  - Naked eye.
KW  - Negation.
KW  - Obesity.
KW  - Ontology (information science).
KW  - Opportunism.
KW  - Outsourcing.
KW  - Overlay network.
KW  - Perception.
KW  - Perversion.
KW  - Pessimism.
KW  - Philosophy.
KW  - Police brutality in the United States.
KW  - Police brutality.
KW  - Printing.
KW  - Processing (programming language).
KW  - Protest.
KW  - Punched card.
KW  - Racism.
KW  - Radicalization.
KW  - Reason.
KW  - Resentment.
KW  - Robbery.
KW  - Scarcity (social psychology).
KW  - Sentience.
KW  - Simulation hypothesis.
KW  - Simulation.
KW  - Slang.
KW  - Slavery.
KW  - Slime mold.
KW  - State of nature.
KW  - Subject (philosophy).
KW  - Syllogism.
KW  - Technology.
KW  - Telecommunication.
KW  - Terminology.
KW  - Theory.
KW  - Thought.
KW  - Tinder (app).
KW  - Twitter.
KW  - Uncertainty.
KW  - Understanding.
KW  - Vandalism.
KW  - Virtual world.
KW  - Writing.
KW  - PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
KW  - PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern.
KW  - PHILOSOPHY / Social.
KW  - COMPUTERS / Internet / Online Safety & Privacy.
KW  - COMPUTERS / Internet / Social Media.
KW  - Informational works
KW  - History
KW  - Informational works.
KW  - Documents d'information.
ER  -